The great India Pakistan Divide
My curiosity about this matter was piqued when my friend
sent me the famous BS Kesavan photograph pertaining to the division of books
between India and Pakistan during the partition. Upon a detailed study of the
Caravan article connected to it, it was clear that no d…
Tales from a partition
The great India Pakistan Divide
My curiosity about this matter was piqued when my friend
sent me the famous BS Kesavan photograph pertaining to the division of books
between India and Pakistan during the partition. Upon a detailed study of the
Caravan article connected to it, it was clear that no d…
The PNS Ghazi Sinking
In early April 1942, a little-known episode of World War II
took place, stated by Sir Winston Churchill to be “the most dangerous moment of
the war,” when the Japanese made their only major offensive westwards into the
Indian Ocean. This was when the Axis flagged Japanese fle…
The assassination attempt on Akbar which followed and her purported European
connections
I had initially planned to spend time studying the so called
European connections of the mystery wife of Akbar, the famous and powerful Maryam
uz Zamani, the purported mother of Salim Khan more famously known a…
CIA’s
Operation HAT in the Himalayas I love cloak and dagger stories, and since
the days of Ian Fleming’s 007’s books, I have devoured many a tale on espionage
with the same eagerness I started with. I first came across this story while
reading the Mallory camera incident some years ago. Naturally t…
